Rig Veda 5.41.11: Mandala 5, Sukta 41, Mantra 11

Sukta 5.41

Rishi: Atri (Ātreya)

Devata: Rudra (Rudriya aspect) and Bhaga; with protective invocation of Waters, Plants, Heaven, Forests, Mountains

Chandas: Trishtubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

कथा महे रुद्रियाय ब्रवाम कद्राये चिकितुषे भगाय । आप ओषधीरुत नोऽवन्तु द्यौर्वना गिरयो वृक्षकेशाः ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 5.41.11

Transliteration

kathā mahé rudriyā́ya bravāma kadrā́ye cikitúṣe bhágāya | ā́pa óṣadhīr utá no’vantu dyáur vánā giráyo vṛkṣakéśāḥ ||

Translation

Jak mamy przemawiać do Wielkiego o mocy Rudry, i do Bhagi znającego, dla dawania rozkoszy? Niech Wody i rośliny lecznicze nas chronią; niech Niebo, lasy i góry z drzewiennym włosem strzegą i osłaniają naszą ścieżkę.

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Word by Word

• कथा: how? in what way?
• कथा: Adhikaraṇa (प्रकार/रीति-प्रश्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथा (प्रश्नाव्यय)

• महे: to the great (one)
• महे: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• रुद्रियाय: to Rudra / to the Rudrian (deity)
• रुद्रियाय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: रुद्रिय (प्रातिपदिक; रुद्र-सम्बन्धी)

• ब्रवाम: may we speak / let us say
• ब्रवाम: Kriyā (वाक्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)

• कद्राये: to the brown/dusky one
• कद्राये: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कद्र (प्रातिपदिक; विशेषण)

• चित्: indeed, even
• चित्: (निपात; अर्थ-प्रबलन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चित् (अव्यय)

• चिकितुषे: to the discerning/wise one
• चिकितुषे: Sampradāna
• Type: Participle (Adjective/Noun)
• Root: चिकितुष् (कृदन्त; √चित्/चिकित् ‘to perceive/understand’)

• भगाय: to Bhaga (the distributor of fortune)
• भगाय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: भग (प्रातिपदिक)

• आपः: the waters
• आपः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप् (प्रातिपदिक)

• ओषधीः: plants, healing herbs
• ओषधीः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओषधि (प्रातिपदिक)

• उत: and, also
• उत: (निपात; समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत (अव्यय)

• नः: us
• नः: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• अवन्तु: may they protect/help
• अवन्तु: Kriyā (वाक्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव् (धातु)

• द्यौः: Heaven, the Sky
• द्यौः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक)

• वना: forests, woods
• वना: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन (प्रातिपदिक)

• गिरयः: mountains
• गिरयः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि (प्रातिपदिक)

• वृक्षकेशाः: tree-haired (i.e., with trees as their hair), wooded
• वृक्षकेशाः: Kartā (गिरयः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective (Compound)
• Root: वृक्ष-केश (समास; वृक्ष ‘tree’ + केश ‘hair’)